{"id":388,"date":"2019-06-10T13:54:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T13:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hillheadhumanities\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2021-12-13T19:27:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T19:27:12","slug":"why-humanities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hillheadhumanities\/why-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Humanities?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thinking about Modern Studies?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 840px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-388-1\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/hillheadhumanities\/uploads\/sites\/9285\/2021\/12\/13192648\/S3-Into-S4.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/hillheadhumanities\/uploads\/sites\/9285\/2021\/12\/13192648\/S3-Into-S4.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/hillheadhumanities\/uploads\/sites\/9285\/2021\/12\/13192648\/S3-Into-S4.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In an era dominated by STEM is there still a need for Humanities? At Hillhead we certainly think so.<\/p>\n<p>Studying a Humanities subject goes beyond the knowledge of each subject, you learn skills that are applicable across a number of fields.<\/p>\n<p>In Humanities you learn to think critically, debate, analyse, evaluate, work as a team. 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